Testimonials

"I Love My ZAP"

Dear ZAP!

Thought you'd get a kick out of my ZAP! modification. I'm a wood-worker and kayaker. So I made wood siderails and a rack on the back of my PK. My truck (I call her "Tinnie") looks like an old produce truck folks love it. And the kayak looks great and rides great around town.

I love my ZAP! I've had a chance to show it off during a couple of events (Electric Car Races and Climate Solutions Fair); have been invited to "Show and Tell" at a couple of schools. It's all very cool and exciting. Good Stuff. I've met the other ZAP! guy (Joe Lambrix) here in town and we're slowly taking over the outlets of Olympia. So thank you! Please keep on keeping on.

Thanks again.

Hope all of you know you are Superstars and are doing good stuff!!!

Be well,
Dee Williams
Olympia, WA


"Next Best Thing Since Chocolate Milk"


Dear ZAP,

I just got back from a test drive with three people and we had no problem doing 40 mph and had plenty get up and go.

Being an electric vehicle dealership for ZAP products was the best thing that could have happened to my EV dealership. The XEBRA car has great workmanship and is a quality car. ZAP also has a XEBRA Truck coming soon and the people here in Oregon are more than ready for it.

I had a guy in my store today he was concerned that he would not fit in this XEBRA car. This guy was 6-2" tall and about 320lbs, he opened all the doors and sat in all the seats. Then he told me that he would not have believed the amount of room if he wouldn't have tried it for himself. What ever you do, don't let your size stop you from trying out this great car for yourself. This car is so well balanced it will surprise you. I cant say enough about how great it handles.

Thank you to ZAP for this great XEBRA EV!

Larry Dye
Electric Wheels
Salem, OR

ZAP Xebra Truck Customer Helps at Twin Cities Auto Show

Gary Hoover, who owns a Xebra and helped the ZAP Minnesota at the show, told KARE-TV News, "It's electric. So it's pretty nice to feel like I can drive by a gas station and I don't need to stop there."

ZAP Customer Helps Sell Xebra at Twin Cities Auto Show"While many companies are talking about introducing electric cars, ZAP is putting electric cars and trucks into production today and selling them through car dealerships," said ZAP Minnesota Owner/Operator Carl Gulbronson. "These are not vaporware, no one will take these away from you and crush them, and qualified buyers can finance a ZAP for the price it costs to buy gas."












“I don’t want to buy gas if I don’t have to, period.”

Joe Lambrix and Al GoreJoe Lambrix is a bus driver for Intercity Transit in Olympia Washington, owner of JP Printing in Olympia, founder of pluginolympia.com, as well as a happy Xebra owner. His not for profit site is dedicated to not only mapping out what businesses currently allow free charging but also getting more businesses to participate. Joe’s electric vehicle of choice is the Zap Xebra truck that he has custom painted with flames. Here are some of the things Joe had to say about his Xebra:

“This is just another step in helping out the environment and doing what I believe is right,”

“When you come up to a stop sign, there’s no noise. It feels good; all these people are idling around me"


Joe Lambrix plugging in his XebraJoe Lambrix sitting in his Xebra with custom painted flames




"I particularly love getting the 'thumbs up' "

September 17, 2007

Barry Jay Reiss's XebraDear ZAP,
I love my Xebra Sedan and use it as my "station car" to commute from my home to the train station for my train to the city every day. I also use it to run errands around town but the car is the perfect "station car!" Why spend $20,000 on a car just to drive to the station and back every day? and the gas? And the town gives me a free "green" parking permit! My wife and I are also very concerned about the environment and recently installed solar panels on our roof along with 1000 other of our fellow homeowners here, so we love zero emissions. The response to the car has been AMAZING. Driving home from the station cars full of teenage girls and boys have pulled next to me saying "cool! I'd love to drive it" and people are always pulling up next to me at traffic lights to ask about it as do people wherever I park and I get numerous "toots" of the horn when I drive. I particularly love getting the "thumbs up" from motorcycle folks driving past me!

My prior electric experience was as a participant in the "Think" car program. The all electric car manufactured by Ford in Norway that was brought here under a program co-sponsored by our power Company, LIPA (now Keyspan) where you could lease the car and get a 220v charger installed in your garage and at specially designated parking spots with chargers at the Long Island Railroad station. The car was a great success and all of us here in the program, begged to buy or lease the cars when the program ended (we already had the chargers in our garages) but Ford said no, repossessed the cars and ground them up, we all cried. Ever since then I've been searching for a production electric and am so pleased I found the Xebra Sedan. I am sure my fellow Think drivers would love to hear about the Xebra!

Regards,

Barry Jay Reiss




"What do I think of the 'Zapper'? I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

October 1st 2007
Tri-County Refrigerator's Xebra truckHey,
What do I think of the "Zapper"? I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! I mean com'on, I paid $10,400.(that ain't much) I have put 1000 miles on it in a little over a month. It's perfect for local service calls. I have to say, this is a good all electric starter vehicle for your company to get on the map. I am looking forward to Zap's next generation of electric vehicles. Why buy a Zap.... Here is how I approached the State, this car is safer due to the lower speeds. It is designed for in town use and it will keep shopping local, which is a boom to local businesses. It also puts more money in peoples' pockets for in town shopping.
Well, that's my 2 cents. I'm happy with my purchase and am about to jump in it and head home.

See ya!

Jim Seibert
Dawson Springs, Kentucky




"I went 50.2 miles today on one charge!"

Jon and Lori FauxMove over, Richard Weaver. There's a new mileage champ! I went 50.2 miles today on one charge!I will lay claim to the record for the farthest distance on a single charge in a stock Xebra SD. I went to the home of my uncle today in a neighboring town that is 26.1 miles from home. I realized, after arriving, that I did not have his cell phone number and he was not home. I decided to attempt the impossible and return home on Indiana country roads without a convenience charge. I made it to the home of a friend with a resting voltmeter reading of 62 – 63 with the tripometer reading 50.2 miles! I called Jeff Schneider at Voltage Vehicles to celebrate with me, charged up for an hour and completed my 5.5 mile trip home. You can ship my trophy to my home or just set it up in my new office at Zap.

Jon M. Faux
Elkhart, IN




"It's costing me 2 cents a mile, you hear that?, 2 cents a mile."

Bill Thompson with his Xebra"You flip the little lever to fwd,it will do somewhere from 30-50 miles that's what 5 hp does, isn't that unbelievable?"

"It does what I need for going back and forth from home to have coffee with my friends or to go shopping. I've never run out of electricity, you just plug in right here when I get home it's costing me 2 cents a mile, you hear that?, 2 cents a mile.Now think of what you're car is costing at what the gas prices are it's really doing the environment good and if everybody drove these things, we really wouldn't have these problems and they're cheap."

To see the full video interview with Bill click the link below:

http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080317/VIDEO/8031...




"We have not seen a noticeable increase in our electric bill"

Jeremy and his XebraI live in Dunwoody, which is a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia. I have had my ZAP Xebra since September 2007. As of April 2008 we have put almost 2400 miles on the car.

I work from home, so my wife uses it almost daily for her almost 5 mile round trip to work. Since both my wife and I enjoy driving the car, we choose who gets it that day by who is driving furthest within it's range.

In addition to my wife using the car for work, these are the other trips we use it for. Our longest round trip is about 16 miles for church on Sunday's, We use the car for grocery shopping, trips for video rentals, weekly Boy Scout meetings, COSTCO, Home Depot and all of our other local trips. Most of these trips are the type that are not good for our gas vehicles. They do not warm up fully, so the gas mileage is not as good and it contaminates the oil and rusts out the exhaust.

We figure we have not purchased about 150 gallons of gas. This is based upon our other vehicles that would have obtained approximately 16 miles per gallon for these trips --- 2400 / 16 = 150 mpg. We have not seen a noticeable increase in our electric bill. However, we have noticed a large reduction on what we spend for gas and how often we have to fill up the gas vehicles.

We have also joined the Electric Vehicle Club of the Southeast. So far, we have participated in parades and EV events at schools. I have now purchased a trailer so that I can take the car to events that are out of it's range.

Jeremy Webber, PMP®
FMS Project Manger
SDC Service Delivery
Atlanta, GA




“There are lots of choices in electric vehicles these days, but the power and performance potential of the Xebra really interested me"

Liz Shapiro and her Xebra truckLiz Shapiro is the owner of Above & Beyond Concierge LLC.Since November 2006, Above & Beyond Concierge has quickly found a niche for itself in the world of personal services and property management in the Roaring Fork Valley. From grocery shopping to organizing and coordinating outdoor activities. Shapiro has decided to utilize a Xebra in her business and has this to say about the Xebra:

“With our growing business within Aspen city limits, plus our burgeoning business in the town of Snowmass, this is the perfect vehicle for the constant short trips my employees need to make in the area,”

“There are lots of choices in electric vehicles these days, but the power and performance potential of the Xebra really interested me. Plus it’s just a really neat little truck and wasn’t off the delivery ramp five minutes before it was drawing lots of attention – which is great for both Zap and Above & Beyond!”

“We are also dedicated to Aspen’s mission towards healing the planet through green technology wherever possible,”

“This is only our first electric vehicle, and the way things are going Aspenites may be seeing more of these fun little bright green machines all over our area.”

Liz Shapiro
Aspen, CO